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[[recovery]]
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=== Index recovery
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-Peer recovery syncs data from a primary shard to a new or
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-existing shard copy.
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+Peer recovery syncs data from a primary shard to a new or existing shard copy.
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Peer recovery automatically occurs when {es}:
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@@ -16,25 +15,35 @@ You can view a list of in-progress and completed recoveries using the
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[float]
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==== Peer recovery settings
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-`indices.recovery.max_bytes_per_sec` (<<cluster-update-settings,Dynamic>>)::
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-Limits total inbound and outbound recovery traffic for each node.
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-Defaults to `40mb`.
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+`indices.recovery.max_bytes_per_sec`::
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+(<<cluster-update-settings,Dynamic>>) Limits total inbound and outbound
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+recovery traffic for each node. Defaults to `40mb`.
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+
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-This limit applies to nodes only. If multiple nodes in a cluster perform
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-recoveries at the same time, the cluster's total recovery traffic may exceed
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-this limit.
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+This limit applies to each node separately. If multiple nodes in a cluster
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+perform recoveries at the same time, the cluster's total recovery traffic may
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+exceed this limit.
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-If this limit is too high, ongoing recoveries may consume an excess
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-of bandwidth and other resources, which can destabilize the cluster.
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+If this limit is too high, ongoing recoveries may consume an excess of bandwidth
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+and other resources, which can destabilize the cluster.
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++
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+This is a dynamic setting, which means you can set it in each node's
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+`elasticsearch.yml` config file and you can update it dynamically using the
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+<<cluster-update-settings,cluster update settings API>>. If you set it
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+dynamically then the same limit applies on every node in the cluster. If you do
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+not set it dynamically then you can set a different limit on each node, which is
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+useful if some of your nodes have better bandwidth than others. For example, if
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+you are using <<overview-index-lifecycle-management,Index Lifecycle Management>>
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+then you may be able to give your hot nodes a higher recovery bandwidth limit
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+than your warm nodes.
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[float]
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==== Expert peer recovery settings
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You can use the following _expert_ setting to manage resources for peer
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recoveries.
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-`indices.recovery.max_concurrent_file_chunks` (<<cluster-update-settings,Dynamic>>, Expert)::
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-Number of file chunk requests sent in parallel for each recovery. Defaults to
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-`2`.
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+`indices.recovery.max_concurrent_file_chunks`::
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+(<<cluster-update-settings,Dynamic>>, Expert) Number of file chunk requests
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+sent in parallel for each recovery. Defaults to `2`.
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You can increase the value of this setting when the recovery of a single shard
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-is not reaching the traffic limit set by `indices.recovery.max_bytes_per_sec`.
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+is not reaching the traffic limit set by `indices.recovery.max_bytes_per_sec`.
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